I have applied to get into a social work program, as well as one in Counselling.
Many people keep telling me social work is the way to go. I have this perception that if I do social work, I am more committed to helping very serious issues like homelessness, and taken less seriously when it comes [...]

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Hi, My friend wanted to know if he could become a counsellor/Psychotherapist from a CERTIFICATE in psychotherapy.
He is 17 years old and is about to apply for an DISTANCE COURSE where you pay £425 (or monthly installments) for the course it lasts about 6-7 months and you gain a "receive a Level 4 Award in [...]

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What kind of therapy would a psychologist offer… Psychotherapy?
What is the difference between psychotherapy and counselling?
In which situations would they be used, and for what benefit?
Also, you know things such as problem solving therapy and CBT, who would administer these, for what purposes and to what benefit?
I know that is a lot [...]

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How effective are the current psychological techniques in the treatment of anxiety?
Has your anxiety been cured by CBT, psychotherapy or NLP? Just to tell something about my problem - I found that I can’t really relax entirely in front of people, especially strangers and that whenever I am expected to perform in front of an [...]

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I have been working in the Mental Health Field for now 5 years, running groups like Anxiety Management etc but now I would like to get a degree qualification in Psychotherapy, do you know of any Universities that run a course on this whereby at it actually leads you to be an actual Psychotherapist?

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Do Scientologists resent psychology because they fear nobody will need their help in finding happiness if everybody sees a counsellor or doctor?

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I have to write a paper on one, and we can’t use any of the basic ones we talk about in class…freud, rogers, adler, maslow. Any suggestions?

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Has your anxiety been cured by CBT, psychotherapy or NLP? Just to tell something about my problem - I found that I can’t really relax entirely in front of people, especially strangers and that whenever I am expected to perform in front of an audience, an enormous sense of anxiety seems to grow inside and [...]

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I heard that Clinical Psychotherapy is a therapy job where you work in a hospital type psych ward environment.
I believe what you do is council,(like a therapist, talk about there problems, help them find out there problems), help them find ways to get over there problems and find ways of how to stay away from [...]

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i have not long qualified as a teacher but ive decided in a few years after all the trainging i want to go into psychotherapy. i have no idea what qualifications i need for this. or even what qualifications i need to become a counsellor. i dont want to go back to uni but i [...]

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Hi, everybody! I finished BA in theology and pastoral studies, worked during the last 5 five years with eldery and youth, completed level 4 and 5 in counselling and psychotherapy (UK and USA recognized professional qualifications)NCFE Award certificate of achievement, which are equivalent to level 4 & 5 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) for [...]

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and i so, how was it?
did you find it beneficial? Would you rather have had an alternate form of therapy (e.g. counselling)
Thanks

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I made a friend on here, and i was very forthcoming about my life and illness(schizophrenia), and I have to say I was very happy to have made a friend who seemed so smart and interested. But as time went by I noticed he didn’t answer certain questions when we emailed. It seemed [...]

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I was researching counseling and psychotherapy, it was difficult for me to know what counseling actually is in terms of what it stands for.
When I looked into it, a lot of it seems to be based on theories not properly based on scientific methods, ideas on how counselors should help their patients, which contain risks; [...]

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I was researching counseling and psychotherapy, it was difficult for me to know what counseling actually is in terms of what it stands for.
When I looked into it, a lot of it seems to be based on theories not properly based on scientific methods, ideas on how counselors should help their patients, which contain risks; [...]

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